21st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2023
Screening Schedule: Opening and Closing Ceremony
Venue: Bangladesh National Museum
Main Auditorium
Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000
Date/Day | 10:30 A.M | 01:00 P.M. | Opening Ceremony | 07:00 P.M. | ||
14.01.23 Saturday | Opening Film | Cinema of the World | ||||
Inaugural Ceremony | Bangladesh Panorama | Cazadora (The Hunteress) Dir: Martín Duplaquet 73min.|Chile | ||||
JK 1971 Dir: Fakhrul Arefeen Khan 81min.|Bangladesh | ||||||
15.01.23 Sunday | 10:30 A.M | 01:00 P.M. | 03:00 P.M. | 05:00 P.M. | 07:00 P.M. | |
Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | Cinema of the World | ||
Karanlik Gece (Black Night) Dir: Özcan Alper| 115min.|Turkey | Meros (The Legacy) Dir: Khilol Nasimov| 90min.|Uzbekistan | Klondike Dir: Maryna Er Gorbach| 100min.|Ukraine, Turkey | Thirty-Five Dir: Ashique Mostafa| 70min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | Ja Hariye Jay Dir: Syed Salahuddin Zaki| 78min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | ||
16.01.23 Monday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | Asian Competition | |
Mom, I’m alive Dir: Aziz Zairov, Mukhamed Mamyrbekov| 129min.|Kazakhstan | Rooze Sib (The Apple Day) Dir: Mahmoud Ghaffari| 81min.|Iran | Karmalink Dir: Jake Wachtel| 102min.|Cambodia, USA | Hawa Dir: Mejbaur Rahman Sumon| 126min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | Bi-Madar (Motherless) Dir: Seyyed Morteza Fatemi| 84min.|Iran | ||
17.01.23 Tuesday | Cinema of the World | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Cinema of the World | Bangladesh Panorama | |
Sthalam (The Land) Dir: Dr. BijuKumar Damodadaran| 134min.|India | The Only Reason Dir: Batzaya Gandush| 98min.|Mongolia | I am not the River Jhelum Dir: Prabhash Chandra| 96min.|India | Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud & The Man) Dir: Abhinandan Banerjee| 97min.|India (Director’s Presentation) | Beauty Circus Dir: Mahmud Didar| Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | ||
18.01.23 Wednesday | Cinema of the World | Asian Competition | Cinema of the World | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | |
Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine) Dir: Monjul Baruah| 163min.|India (Director’s Presentation) | The Baseball Player Dir: Carlo Obispo| 72min.|Philippines | Hereafter bygone Dir: M. Safeer| 96min.|Sri Lanka (Director’s Presentation) | Gurugeethaya (Let Me Fly) Dir: Upali Gamlath| 88min.|Sri Lanka (Director’s Presentation) | Damal Dir: Raihan Rafi| Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | ||
19.01.23 Thursday | Cinema of the World | Asian Competition | Cinema of the World | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | |
Gargi Dir: Gautham Ramachandran| 131min.|India (Director’s Presentation) | The Coffin Painter Dir: Dafei| 96min.|China | Maariya (The Ocean Angel) Dir: Aruna Jayawardana 100min.|Sri Lanka (Director’s Presentation) | Zendegi va Zendegi (Life & Life) Dir: Ali Ghavitan 81min.|Iran (Director’s Presentation) | Paap Punyo Dir: Giasuddin Selim| Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | ||
20.01.23 Friday | Cinema of the World | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | |||
With the Wind Dir: Mohammad Tabarsa 71min.|Iran (Director Presentation)
| Nakodo-Matchmakers (Marriage Counselor) Dir: Naoki Maeda| 111min.|Japan (Director’s Presentation) | Saatao (Memories of Gloomy Monsoons) Dir: Khandaker Sumon| 97min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | ||||
21.01.23 Saturday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | Bangladesh Panorama | |
Prappeda (Hawk’s Muffin) Dir: Krishnendu kalesh| 118min.|India | The Newspaper Dir: Sarath Kothalawala, Kumara Thirimadura|103min.| Sri Lanka | Podelniki (The Riot) Dir: Evgeny Grigorev| 109min.|Russia | Deshantor (The Exodus) Dir: Ashutosh Sujan| 124min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | Mrittunjoyee (The Immortal) Dir: Uzzwal Kumar| 106min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | ||
22.01.23 Sunday | Closing Ceremony | Cinema of the World | ||||
Closing Film | Magoado Dir: Rubén Sainz 77min.| Spain, Brazil | |||||
Award Winning Film | ||||||
21st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2023
Screening Schedule
Venue: National Museum- Sufia Kamal Auditorium Shahbagh
Date/Day | 10:30 A.M | 01:00 P.M. | 03:00 P.M. | 05:00 P.M. | 07:00 P.M. |
14.01.23 Saturday | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section |
Nishiddho (Forbidden) Dir: Tara Ramanujan| 125min.|India | Main Tenu Phir Milangi (We Shall Meet Yet Again) Dir: Supriya Suri| 66min.|India | Garçonnières (Man Caves) Dir: Céline Pernet| 91min.|Switzerland When The Sky Was Blue Dir: Rae Choi| 15min.|Australia | Akouse Me (Listen) Dir: Maria Douza| 109min.|Greece | Among Us Women Dir: Sarah Noa Bozenhardt| 94min.|Germany, Ethiopia | |
15.01.23 Sunday | Spiritual Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Asian Competition | Women Filmmakers’ Section |
Deep 6 Dir: Madhuja Mukherjee| 141min.|India | Under the Sky Eternal and Blue Dir: Elena Emelyanova| 30min.|Russia Le cose che non sai di me, mamma (The Things That you Don’t Know About me, Mum) Dir: Daniela Lucato|15min.|Germany, Italy Die Welt ist an Ihren Rändern Blau (The World is Blue at its Edges) Dir; Iris Blauensteiner, Christine Moderbacher| 15min.|Austria | Alle Wollen Geliebt Werden (Everybody Wants To Be Loved) Dir: Katharina Woll| 81min.|Germany | Mahanagar – One Night in Kathmandu Dir: Mohan Rai 70min.|Nepal (Director’s Presentations) | Dheu (Ripples) Dir: Suborna Senjutee Tushee 45min.|Bangladesh (Director Presentations) Durey (Faraway) Dir: Mitali Ray | 25min.| Bangladesh (Director Presentations) | |
16.01.23 Monday | Asian Competition | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Asian Competition | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Short & Independent Section |
Barf-e Akhar (The Last Snow) Dir: Amirhossein Asgari| 121min.|Iran | Dheu (Ripples) Dir: Suborna Senjutee Tushee| 45min.|Bangladesh Durey (Faraway) Dir: Mitali Ray | 25min.|Bangladesh | Forbidden Womanhood Dir: Maryam Zahirimehr| 99min.|Azerbaijan, Iran | Ebong Chad Dir: Sreelekhaa Mitrra| 19min.|India (Director’s Presentations) Blotting Paper Dir: Sudeshna Goswami|40min.|India (Director’s Presentations) | Silvester In Love Dir: Tommaso Cotronei| 46min.|Italy (Director’s Presentation) Goru Parwa (Ox Fiesta) Dir: Puru Lamsal 29min.|Nepal (Director’s Presentation) | |
17.01.23 Tuesday | Spiritual Section | Spiritual Section | Spiritual Section | Spiritual Section | Asian Competition |
Deep 6 Dir: Madhuja Mukherjee| 141min.|India | The Distance Between Me And Myself Dir: Yuehua Wang| 76min.|China | Seeds Dir: Sanjaya Nirmal| 110min.|Sri Lanka | Tatli Süt Köpüğü (Cream in My Coffee) Dir: Olgun Özdemir 111min.|Turkey, USA, Georgia (Director Presentations)
| I’ll Meet You There Dir: Iram Parveen Bilal| 91min.|Pakistan | |
18.01.23 Wednesday | Spiritual Section | Spiritual Section | Spiritual Section | Spiritual Section | Cinema of the World |
Mahatma Haffkine Dir: Galina Evtushenko, Anna Evtushenko| 96min.|Russia Ghore Fera (Home Coming) Dir: Kamrul Ahsan Lenin 30min.| Bangladesh | Tarlan Dir: Julia Zaharova| 79min.| Kazakhstan,Russia | Pandemonium Dir: Arunav Das| 30min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentations) The Silent Echo Dir: Suman Sen|16min.| Bangladesh, France, India, Nepal Surviving Fortress Dir: Farshad Fadaian| 51min.|Iran | Dhinga Gavar Dir: Somendra Harsh| 30min.|India (Director Presentations) My son and his grandfather Dir: Bijoy Chowdhury| 39min.|India Dhusharjatra (Dusky Voyage) Dir: Mashud Sumon| 49min.|Bangladesh | Avaz e Baad (Song of the Wind) Dir: Soudabeh Beizaee 66min.|Iran (Director Presentation) | |
19.01.23 Thursday | Spiritual Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Short & Independent Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Bangladesh Panorama |
Mahananda Dir: Arindam Sil| 130min.|India (Director ‘s Presentations)
| Grethe Meyer Danmarks Porcelænsdronning (Grethe Meyer –The Queen of Danish Design) Dir: Isabel Bernadette Brammer| 61min.|Denmark Walks With Me Dir: Kati Kallio|11min.|Finland | Ethos of Darkness Dir: Avijit Banerjee | Co-Dir: Dr. Debjani Halder| 30min.|India (Director’s Presentation) Sukha Roti (The Dying Bread) Dir: Rohitaswa Mukherjee| 17min.|India (Director’s Presentation) (Proto Banio) First Swim Dir: Alexandros Kostopoulos| 15min.|Greece (Director’s Presentation) Creature Man-collage Dir: Arsen Arakelyan| 11min.|Armenia (Director’s Presentation) | Chhaad (The Terrace) Dir: Indrani Chakrabarti| 97min.|India (Director Presentation) | The Laxman Das Circus Dir: Zhumur Asma Jui| 50min.|Bangladesh Could You Be Free Yet Locked In? Dir: Kazi Arefin Ahmed| 10min.|Bangladesh Avay Sharwary (Fearless Women) Dir: Kazi Akequr Rahaman Shuvo| 6min.|Bangladsh Swapner Feriwala Dir: Sabbir Ahmed Shohag| 6min.|Bangladesh An Elegiac Poem Dir: Murtaza Mamun| 7min.|Bangladesh Nirontor Dir: Umme Habiba, Joyanto Ray|7min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | |
20.01.23 Friday | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Asian Competition | Bangladesh Panorama | ||
Ghate Fowri (Urgent Cut Off) Dir: Maryam Bahrololumi| 80min|Iran (Director Presentations) | Aparajito (The Undefeated) Dir: Anik Dutta| 136min.|India (Director’s Presentation) | Haghore (An era of homelessness) Dir: Joytu Sushil Ziku| 10min.|Bangladesh Tei (She) Dir: Shuvashis Sinha| 10min.|Bangladesh Groho Grostho (The Life Line) Dir: Jaganmoy Paul| 10min.|Bangladesh Bonsai Dir: Yeasir Arafat| 9min.|Bangladesh Tulika Dir: Sifat Nusrat| 9min.|Bangladesh Anger Dir: Showrov Kamal Chowdhury| 9min.|Bangladesh Your Eyes Dir: Mashroor Parvez| 8min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | |||
21.01.23 Saturday | Asian Competition | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Bangladesh Panorama |
Bedoone Gharare Ghabli (No Prior Appointment) Dir: Behrooz Shoaibi|115min.|Iran | Ebong Chad Dir: Sreelekhaa Mitrra| 19min.|India Blotting Paper Dir: Sudeshna Goswami|40min.|India | Continuous Coverage Dir: Emtyaz Almoghrabi| 90min.|Palestine (Director Presentations) | Our Mother, Grandmother, Prime Minister: Sirimavo Dir: Anomaa Rajakaruna|84min.|Sri Lanka (Director Presentations) | Ural (Flying) Dir: Touhidul Islam Nadim| 10min.|Bangladesh Barmukho (Oftentimes) Dir: Inzamamul Haque| 10min.|Bangladesh Puroskar (The Prize) Dir: Adnan Mahmud Soykot| 10min.|Bangladesh Mukhosher Nicher Kotha Gulo Dir: Sady Kolpo| 10min.|Bangladesh Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee? Dir: Nazmul Hasan Sany| 9min.|Bangladesh Shahochar (Companion) Dir: Afifa Mohsina Oroni, Mithoun Hossain| 8min.|Bangladesh Krishnapakkha (A Burning Soul) Dir: Mrittika Rashed| 7min.|Bangladesh Character Artist Dir: Sifat Rahman| 7min.|Bangladesh (Director’s Presentation) | |
22.01.23 Sunday | Asian Competition | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Bangladesh Panorama | Bangladesh Panorama | Women Filmmakers’ Section |
Bir Umut (A Hope) Dir: Umit Koreken| 93min.|Turkey, Germany, Slovenia | Kansanvalta (Power Of The People) Dir: Mervi Enqvist| 65min.|Finland, England Virtual Voice Dir: Suzannah Mirghani 7min.|Qatar, Sudan Leyla Dir: Nursen Çetin Köreken 15min.|Turkey | Could You Be Free Yet Locked In? Dir: Kazi Arefin Ahmed| 10min.|Bangladesh Haghore (An era of homelessness) Dir: Joytu Sushil Ziku| 10min.|Bangladesh Tei (She) Dir: Shuvashis Sinha| 10min.|Bangladesh Groho Grostho (The Life Line) Dir: Jaganmoy Paul| 10min.|Bangladesh Bonsai Dir: Yeasir Arafat| 9min.|Bangladesh Tulika Dir: Sifat Nusrat| 9min.|Bangladesh Avay Sharwary (Fearless Women) Dir: Kazi Akequr Rahaman Shuvo| 6min.|Bangladsh Swapner Feriwala Dir: Sabbir Ahmed Shohag| 6min.|Bangladesh An Elegiac Poem Dir: Murtaza Mamun| 7min.|Bangladesh Nirontor Dir: Umme Habiba, Joyanto Ray|7min.|Bangladesh | Ural (Flying) Dir: Touhidul Islam Nadim| 10min.|Bangladesh Barmukho (Oftentimes) Dir: Inzamamul Haque| 10min.|Bangladesh Puroskar (The Prize) Dir: Adnan Mahmud Soykot| 10min.|Bangladesh Mukhosher Nicher Kotha Gulo Dir: Sady Kolpo| 10min.|Bangladesh Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee? Dir: Nazmul Hasan Sany| 9min.|Bangladesh Anger Dir: Showrov Kamal Chowdhury| 9min.|Bangladesh Your Eyes Dir: Mashroor Parvez| 8min.|Bangladesh Shahochar (Companion) Dir: Afifa Mohsina Oroni, Mithoun Hossain| 8min.|Bangladesh Krishnapakkha (A Burning Soul) Dir: Mrittika Rashed| 7min.|Bangladesh Character Artist Dir: Sifat Rahman| 7min.|Bangladesh | Continuous Coverage Dir: Emtyaz Almoghrabi| 90min.|Palestine
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21st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2023
Screening Schedule
Venue: Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery Auditorium, Dhaka-1000
Date/Day | 10:30 A.M | 01:00 P.M. | 03:00 P.M. | 05:00 P.M. | 07:00 P.M. |
14.01.23 Saturday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World |
Kobane Dir: Özlem Yaşar| 159min.|Syria | Back In Berlin Dir: Bobby Lax| 59min.| Germany | Kapr Code Dir: Lucie Králová| 92min.|Czech Republic, Slovakia | Lotus Blooms Dir: Pratik Sharma| 101min.|India | Mejsezone (In Limbo) Dir: Alexander Hant| 109min.|Russia | |
15.01.23 Sunday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Spiritual & Wide Angel Section |
Beirut Borhan Dir: Farah Alhashem| 113min.|France, Kuwait, Lebanon | Cuerpos Juzgados (Judged Bodies) Dir: Mariana Carbajal| 67min.|El Salvador, Argentina | Jhora Palok (The Epilogue) Dir: Sayantan Mukherjee| 90min.|India | Kistimaat Dir: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko| 47min.|Bangladesh Naree Dir: Muhammad Arafatur Rahman| 27min.|Bangladesh Before Rain Dir: Tihan khan| 4min.|Bangladesh In Expedition To Happiness Dir: Zayed Siddiki| 3min.|Bangladesh Stamp Dir: Alif Mohammad| 3min.|Bangladesh Type! Dir: Md. Sakib Hossain| 2min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Unrecognized Dir: Masudur Rahman| 49min.|Bangladesh Juddho Joyer Kishore Nayak (A Victorious Teenage War Hero) Dir: Shaila Rahman Tithi| 30min.|Bangladesh The Silent Echo Dir: Suman Sen| 16min.|Bangladesh, France, India, Nepal (Directo r’s presentation)
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16.01.23 Monday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Spiritual Section |
Saudi Vellakka Dir: Tharun Moorthy| 132min.|India | Cazadora (The Hunteress) Dir: Martín Duplaquet| 73min.|Chile | Zed (The Opposition) Dir: Amirabbas Rabi’ei| 114min.|Iran | Helium Monkey Balloon Dir: Golam Muntakim| 30min.|Bangladesh Matritto Dir: Zafor Al Mamon| 10min.|Bangladesh Angko Sharol-Folafol shunno (The Game of Love) Dir: Shah Sakib Sobhan Magic| 10min.|Bangladesh Euphoric Paranoia Dir: Irtija Alam Joyeeta, Aminul Islam Niloy|9min.|Bangladesh Bonnhichokkro Dir: Mehedi Hassan Rana| 9min.|Bangladesh The Door Dir: Shahrier Khan| 6min.|Bangladesh where is my mind? Dir: Fahim shiyam| 5Min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Dhusharjatra (Dusky Voyage) Dir: Mashud Sumon| 49min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) Ghore Fera (Home Coming) Dir: Kamrul Ahsan Lenin 30min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | |
17.01.23 Tuesday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Cinema of the World |
Swamp Lion Dir: Torben Bech| 111min.|USA, Norway, Hungary, Denmark | Magoado Dir: Rubén Sainz| 77min.|Spain, Brazil | A Chat Dir: Wang Xide| 113min.|China | Atisher Bhita (Atisha’s World) Dir: Nirtesh C Dutta| 30min.|Bangladesh Nakshi Katha Dir: S.I Shajol| 19min.|Bangladesh Attik (The Relationship of Soul) Dir: Joy Dutta| 17min.|Bangladesh Kane Gonja Ful (Days Of Allamanda) Dir: Zayed Bin Akram| 15min.|Bangladesh Etihasher Shakkhi (Witness of the History) Dir: Moshtaque Shahriar| 5min.|Bangladesh Kagoj Dir: Sabbir Hossain| 3min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Byomkesh Hotyamancha (Curtain Call) Dir: Arindam Sil| 129min.|India | |
18.01.23 Wednesday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Cinema of the World |
Walker Dir: Joel Lamangan| 116min.|Philippines | Mamma Makhmal Dir: Amir Hossein Khalilzadeh| 76min.|Iran | Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud & The Man) Dir: Abhinandan Banerjee| 97min.|India | Shuvro Moyukh (The light of Innocence) Dir: Muhammad Abu Razin| 20min.|Bangladesh Pahela Falgun (The First Day of the Spring) Dir: Iftekher Khalid| 12min.|Bangladesh Shundarbaner Banobibi Puja (Banobibi Pooja In Sundarban) Dir: Shahiduzzaman Badal| 12min.|Bangladesh Hay Hossain Dir: Ab Mamun, Parbon Mazhar, Rizwan Raktim| 10min.|Bangladesh Manushee Dir: Amllan Barua| 9min.|Bangladesh Atmar Janala (Window of the Soul) Dir: Yousuf Khan Noor| 8min.|Bangladesh Bodh (And I Seek) Dir: Reasat Haider| 5min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Kakababur Protyaborton (The Return of Kakababu) Dir: Srijit Mukherji| 125min.|India | |
19.01.23 Thursday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Cinema of the World | |
Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine) Dir: Monjul Baruah| 163min.|India | With the Wind Dir: Mohammad Tabarsa| 71min.|Iran | Uy satylat (Home For Sale) Dir: Taalaibek Kulmendeev 82min.|Kyrgyzstan | Jaay Jaay Din Dir: Ahsabul Yamin| 40min.|Bangladesh Kuyor Bang (Into the hole) Dir: Bidhan Chandra Das| 15min.|Bangladesh Kottodin Schoole-A Jaina (Haven’t Been To School For So Long) Dir: Rezaul Karim Kazol| 9min.|Bangladesh But, why? Dir: Anubrata Nandi| 5min.|Bangladesh Journey to Zero Dir: Jarin Chakma| 4min.|Bangladesh Na Pak (The Dirty State) Dir: Ragib Shahriyar Saike| 2min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Shoebox Dir: Faraz Ali 99min.|India | |
20.01.23 Friday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Wide Angle Section |
Abhijaan Dir: Parambrata Chattopadhyay| 149min.|India | Los Últimos Fareros (The Last Lighthouse Keepers) Dir: Jeanette Conesa| 76min.|Spain, Mexico | Dear Friend Dir: Vineeth Kumar| 117min.|India | Ekti Khuner Biboron (Confession Of a Murder) Dir: Morshed Himadri Himu| 33min.|Bangladesh Nameplate Dir: Jibon Shahadat| 22min.|Bangladesh Joining Letter Dir: Nahid Noman Arup| 4min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Ora 7 jon (The seven) Dir: Khijir Hayat Khan| 169min.|Bangladsh (Director’s Presentation) | |
21.01.23 Saturday | Spiritual Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section |
Mahananda Dir: Arindam Sil| 130min.|India | Avaz e Baad (Song of the Wind) Dir: Soudabeh Beizaee| 66min.|Iran | Tak Tirandaz (Sniper) Dir: Ali Ghafari| 106min.|Iran | Poshak (The White Fabric) Dir: Tahmid Hasan, Shoriful Abir| 31min.|Banhladesh Palabar Rasta Nei (No Way To Escape) Dir: Mustak Muzahid| 20min.|Bangladesh Madhumatir Tire (The Bank Of Madhumati River) Dir: Zahid Mazumder, Roman Kabir| 16min.|Bangladesh Jatra Biroti Dir: Emon Bin Anwar| 13min.|Bangladesh Survive With Traffic jam Dir: Jakir Hasan Anik| 3min.|Bangladesh (Director’s presentation) | Chhaad (The Terrace) Dir: Indrani Chakrabarti| 97min.|India
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22.01.23 Sunday | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World |
Saudi Vellakka Dir: Tharun Moorthy| 132min.|india | With the Wind Dir: Mohammad Tabarsa 71min.|Iran | A Chat Dir: Wang Xide| 113min.|China | Gargi Dir: Gautham Ramachandran| 131min.|India | Kapr Code Dir: Lucie Králová| 92min.|Czech Republic, Slovakia |
21st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2023
Screening Schedule
Venue: Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Auditorium of National Music and Dance, Dhaka-1000
Date/Day | 10:30A.M | 01:00 P.M. | 03:00 P.M. | 05:00 P.M. | 7.00 P.M |
14.01.23 Saturday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section |
Home is Somewhere Else Dir: Carlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos| 88min.|Mexico, USA A Firecracker Story Dir: Zhizi Hao| 21min.|UK, China | Peripherique Nord Dir: Paulo Carneiro| 72min.|Switzerland, Portugal, Uruguay | Sonsuz (A Childless Village) Dir: Reza Jamali| 82min.|Iran | Kafes : İki Savaş Arasında (CAGE: Between Two Battles) Dir: Cenk Izgören| 84min.|Turkey | Rootless Dir: Stefani Doychinova 30min.|Bulgaria The Immortal Dir: Nikolay Urumov 25min.|Bulgaria Dulce (Sweet) Dir: José María Carrizo 22min.|Argentina | |
15.01.23 Sunday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section |
Tvojazem (Journey To Yourland) Dir: Peter Budinsky| 86min.|Slovakia, Belgium, Czech Republic Vanille Dir: Guillaume Lorin| 31min.|France, Switzerland | Mamma Makhmal Dir: Amir Hossein Khalilzadeh| 76min.|Iran | Pax Avant (Europe’s Oldest Oath) Dir: Domingo Moreno| 86min.|Spain | Çatlak (Fractured) Dir: Fikret Reyhan| 82min.|Turkey | Frie Maend (Free Men) Dir: Osker Kristinn Vignisson 28min.|Denmark, Iceland Khadiga Dir: Morad Mostafa 20min.|Egypt, France Typester Dir: Nasim Forough| 18min.|Iran (Niebla) Mist Dir: Leonardo Romero Zarza| 11min.|Colombia | |
16.01.23 Monday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Balit Dir: Morteza Rahimi| 85min.|Iran Operation Pere Noel (Looking For Santa) Dir: Marc Robinet| 28min.|France, Belgium | Cuerpos Juzgados (Judged Bodies) Dir: Mariana Carbajal 67min.|El Salvador, Argentina | Dalekie Blizkie (Like Father, Like Son) Dir: Ivan Sosnin 90min.|Russia | Kistimaat Dir: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko| 47min.|Bangladesh Naree Dir: Muhammad Arafatur Rahman| 27min.|Bangladesh Before Rain Dir: Tihan khan| 4min.|Bangladesh In Expedition To Happiness Dir: Zayed Siddiki| 3min.|Bangladesh Stamp Dir: Alif Mohammad| 3min.|Bangladesh Type! Dir: Md. Sakib Hossain| 2min.|Bangladesh | With Mrinal Sen Dir: Sanjoy Kumar Bhattacharya| 40min.|India Other Ray: Art Of Satyajit Ray Dir: Jaydip Mukherjee, Aloke Banerjee| 34min.|India Flower Dir: Yasir Musa| 19min.|Iraq | |
17.01.23 Tuesday | Children Film Section | Spiritual Section | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Batsoy Dir: Ronald Espinosa Batallones| 66min.| Philippines Dusha(Soul) Dir: Sergey Shtern| 20min.|Russia | The Distance Between Me And Myself Dir: Yuehua Wang| 76min.|China | Baad Dar Kestzar-ha-ye Neyshekar (The Wind that Shakes the Sugar Canes) Dir: Ebrahim Ashrafpour 86min.|Iran | Helium Monkey Balloon Dir: Golam Muntakim| 30min.|Bangladesh Matritto Dir: Zafor Al Mamon| 10min.|Bangladesh Angko Sharol-Folafol shunno (The Game of Love) Dir: Shah Sakib Sobhan Magic| 10min.|Bangladesh Euphoric Paranoia Dir: Irtija Alam Joyeeta, Aminul Islam Niloy| 9min.|Bangladesh Bonnhichokkro Dir: Mehedi Hassan Rana| 9min.|Bangladesh The Door Dir: Shahrier Khan| 6min.|Bangladesh where is my mind? Dir: Fahim shiyam| 5min.|Bangladesh | The Rat Dir: Zhantemir Baimukhamedov| 30min.|Kazakhstan From Trash To Treasure: Turning Negatives Into Positives Dir: Iara lee| 26min.|Lesotho, USA, Brazil, Bulgaria Jua Kali Dir: Joash Omondi 19min.|Kenya Así Mismo (Your Way, My Way) Dir: Sharon Kleinberg 17min.| Mexico Nowhere to go but everywhere Dir: Masako Tsumura, Erik Shirai| 14min.|Japan, USA | |
18.01.23 Wednesday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Arezo-ye Ziba (Ziba’s Wish) Dir: Ali Ghavitan| 74min.|Iran (Director Presentation) Ab,Bad,Khak,Nan (Water, Wind, Dust, Bread) Dir: Mahdi Zamanpour Kiasari| 27min.|Iran | Cazadora (The Hunteress) Dir: Martín Duplaquet 73min.|Chile | Solouk (Wind of Change) Dir: Abbas Rafei| 85min.|Iran | Atisher Bhita (Atisha’s World) Dir: Nirtesh C Dutta| 30min.|Bangladesh Nakshi Katha Dir: S.I Shajol| 19min.|Bangladesh Attik (The Relationship of Soul) Dir: Joy Dutta| 17min.|Bangladesh Kane Gonja Ful (Days Of Allamanda) Dir: Zayed Bin Akram| 15min.|Bangladesh Etihasher Shakkhi (Witness of the History) Dir: Moshtaque Shahriar| 5min.|Bangladesh Kagoj Dir: Sabbir Hossain| 3min.|Bangladesh | Mi Mama Se Fue Con Las Vacas(My Mother Went With The Cows) Dir: María José Ibarra Valdéz 20min.|Mexxico Please Hold The Line Dir: Tan Ce Ding| 19min.|Malaysia Así Mismo (Your Way, My Way) Dir: Sharon Kleinberg| 17min.|Maxico Ma Comrade (I’m comrade) Dir: Nirmal poudel| 14min.|Nepal Anhad (The Eternal Melody) Dir: Niranjan Raj Bhetwal| 14min.|Nepal | |
19.01.23 Thursday | Children Film Section | Spiritual Section | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Elham (Inspiration) Dir: Dhruva Harsh| 90min.|India (Director Presentation) | Tarlan Dir: Julia Zaharova| 79min.| Kazakhstan,Russia | Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Dir: Daniel Raim 89min.|USA | Shuvro Moyukh (The light of Innocence) Dir: Muhammad Abu Razin| 20min.|Bangladesh Pahela Falgun (The First Day of the Spring) Dir: Iftekher Khalid| 12min.|Bangladesh Shundarbaner Banobibi Puja (Banobibi Pooja In Sundarban) Dir: Shahiduzzaman Badal| 12min.|Bangladesh Hay Hossain Dir: Ab Mamun, Parbon Mazhar, Rizwan Raktim| 10min.|Bangladesh Manushee Dir: Amllan Barua| 9min.|Bangladesh Atmar Janala (Window of the Soul) Dir: Yousuf Khan Noor| 8min.|Bangladesh Bodh (And I Seek) Dir: Reasat Haider| 5min.|Bangladesh | Pagirnis Dir: Anastasija Pirozenko| 23min.|Netherlands Murder Tongue Dir: Ali Sohail Jaura 18min.|Pakistan Search Dir: Alaa Dayeh 17min.|Palestine Luana Dir: Maria Simões, Tiago Melo Bento|17min.|Portugal, Uruguay 1% Milk Dir: Grey Endruhn 7min.|Peru | |
20.01.23 Friday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Mazel a tajemství lesa (Martin and the Magical Forest) Dir: Petr Oukropec| 81min.|Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany L’Air de rien (Slipping Away) Dir: Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre| 14min.|France | Magoado Dir: Rubén Sainz 77min.| Spain, Brazil | Hereafter bygone Dir: M. Safeer| 96min.|Sri Lanka | Jaay Jaay Din Dir: Ahsabul Yamin| 40min.|Bangladesh Kuyor Bang (Into the hole) Dir: Bidhan Chandra Das| 15min.|Bangladesh Kottodin Schoole-A Jaina (Haven’t Been To School For So Long) Dir: Rezaul Karim Kazol| 9min.|Bangladesh But, why? Dir: Anubrata Nandi| 5min.|Bangladesh Journey to Zero Dir: Jarin Chakma| 4min.|Bangladesh Na Pak (The Dirty State) Dir: Ragib Shahriyar Saike| 2min.|Bangladesh | Going Home Dir: Yun Ji-Yong|31min.| South Korea Perm Dir: Shekh Al Mamun| 31min.|South Korea Don’t Get Too Comfortable Dir: Shaima Al Tamimi 10min.|Qatar, USA, Netherlands, Yemen, UAE Kitpress 35A( 35A – Portrait Of A Community) Dir: Alfredo Minea| 9min.|Romania | |
21.01.23 Saturday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Miyan-e Sakhreh-ha (Between the Cliffs) Dir: Mokhtar Abdollahi| 79min.|Iran La Soupe de Franzy (Franzy’s Soup-Kitchen) Dir: Ana Chubinidze| 9min.|France, Georgia Kiko et les animaux (Kiko and the animals) Dir: Yawen Zheng| 8min.| France, Switzerland
| Grethe Meyer Danmarks Porcelænsdronning (Grethe Meyer –The Queen of Danish Design) Dir: Isabel Bernadette Brammer| 61min.|Denmark Walks With Me Dir: Kati Kallio|11min.|Finland | Maariya (The Ocean Angel) Dir: Aruna Jayawardana 100min.|Sri Lanka | Ekti Khuner Biboron (Confession Of a Murder) Dir: Morshed Himadri Himu| 33min.|Bangladesh Nameplate Dir: Jibon Shahadat| 22min.|Bangladesh Joining Letter Dir: Nahid Noman Arup| 4min.|Bangladesh | Rhythms Of Lost Time Dir: Anisa Sabiri| 45min.|Tajikistan Hibernate Dir: Houssam Hamo 14min.| Syria La Linea Dir: Andrés Cámara| 11min.|Spain Doki Doki Dir: Mei-wei Cheng 8min.|Taiwan
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22.01.23 Sunday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Short & Independent Section | Short & Independent Section |
Dounia et la princesse d’Alep (Dounia & The Princess Of Aleppo) Dir: Marya Zarif, Andre Kadi| 74min.|Canada, France Abhalakhalachha Yak Diwas (A Day Under the Sky) Dir: Pratik Girish Bhoyar| 27min.|India
| Our Mother, Grandmother, Prime Minister: Sirimavo Dir: Anomaa Rajakaruna|84min.|Sri Lanka | Eflâtun Dir: Cuneyt Karakus 104min.|Turkey | Poshak (The White Fabric) Dir: Tahmid Hasan, Shoriful Abir| 31min.|Banhladesh Palabar Rasta Nei (No Way To Escape) Dir: Mustak Muzahid| 20min.|Bangladesh Madhumatir Tire (The Bank Of Madhumati River) Dir: Zahid Mazumder, Roman Kabir| 16min.|Bangladesh Jatra Biroti Dir: Emon Bin Anwar| 13min.|Bangladesh Survive With Traffic jam Dir: Jakir HasanAnik| 3min.|Bangladesh | Do Bisa Dyvovyzhne Zhyttia (Freaking Awesome Life) Dir: Hanna Jalali 15min.|Ukraine Musavvir (The Artist) Dir: Fotikh Nasimov 13min.|Uzbekistan Sempreverdi (Evergreen Forest) Dir: Tommaso Diaceri 13min.|Italy Ghar(Home a Himalayan portrait) Dir: Dr Jane Dyson, Ross Harrison| 9min.|Australia, India, UK The Love We Cannot Live Without Dir:Gospodin Nedelchev| 9min.|Bulgaria Before the sleep Dir: Jae-hong KIM 5min.|South Korea |
21st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2023
Screening Schedule: (5th Floor)
Venue: Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, National Art Gallery Auditorium, Dhaka-1000
Date/Day | 10:30 A.M | 01:00 P.M. | 03:00 P.M. | 05:00 P.M. | 07:00 P.M. |
15.01.23 Sunday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Home is Somewhere Else Dir: Carlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos| 88min.|Mexico, USA | Peripherique Nord Dir: Paulo Carneiro| 72min.|Switzerland, Portugal, Uruguay | Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Dir: Daniel Raim 89min.|USA | Nine Months to Freedom: The Story of Bangladesh Dir: S. Sukhdev’s| 71min.|India | Sonsuz (A Childless Village) Dir: Reza Jamali| 82min.|Iran | |
16.01.23 Monday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Vanille Dir: Guillaume Lorin| 31min.|France, Switzerland L’Air de rien (Slipping Away) Dir: Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre| 14min.|France La Soupe de Franzy (Franzy’s Soup-Kitchen) Dir: Ana Chubinidze| 9min.|France, Georgia Kiko et les animaux (Kiko and the animals) Dir: Yawen Zheng| 8min.| France, Switzerland | Main Tenu Phir Milangi (We Shall Meet Yet Again) Dir: Supriya Suri| 66min.|India | Baad Dar Kestzar-ha-ye Neyshekar (The Wind that Shakes the Sugar Canes) Dir: Ebrahim Ashrafpour 86min.|Iran | Freedom Doesn’t Live On Money Dir: Evgeny Barkhanov| 44min.|Russia Birth of The Nation: Birth of Bangladesh (Janma Nilo Bangladesh) Dir: Shankar Gangooli| 12min.|India | Dear Friend Dir: Vineeth Kumar 117min.|India | |
17.01.23 Tuesday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Dounia et la princesse d’Alep (Dounia & The Princess Of Aleppo) Dir: Marya Zarif, Andre Kadi| 74min.|Canada, France Abhalakhalachha Yak Diwas (A Day Under the Sky) Dir: Pratik Girish Bhoyar| 27min.|India | Under the Sky Eternal and Blue Dir: Elena Emelyanova| 30min.|Russia Le cose che non sai di me, mamma (The Things That you Don’t Know About me, Mum) Dir: Daniela Lucato|15min.|Germany, Italy Die Welt ist an Ihren Rändern Blau (The World is Blue at its Edges) Dir; Iris Blauensteiner, Christine Moderbacher| 15min.|Austria | Solouk (Wind of Change) Dir: Abbas Rafei| 85min.|Iran | Dateline Bangladesh Dir: Sheryn Brandt| 51min.|India Refuge’71 Dir: Binoy Roy, C.S. Nair| 14min.|India | Kafes : İki Savaş Arasında (CAGE: Between Two Battles) Dir: Cenk Izgören| 84min.|Turkey | |
18.01.23 Wednesday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Batsoy Dir: Ronald Espinosa Batallones| 66min.| Philippines Dusha(Soul) Dir: Sergey Shtern| 20min.|Russia | Among Us Women Dir: Sarah Noa Bozenhardt| 94min.|Germany, Ethiopia | Sthalam (The Land) Dir: Dr. BijuKumar Damodadaran| 134min.|India | Rong Tulite Muktijuddho Dir: Nasrin Islam 46min.|Bangladesh Freedom Doesn’t Live On Money Dir: Evgeny Barkhanov| 44min.|Russia | Pax Avant (Europe’s Oldest Oath) Dir: Domingo Moreno| 86min.|Spain | |
19.01.23 Thursday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Arezo-ye Ziba (Ziba’s Wish) Dir: Ali Ghavitan| 74min.|Iran Ab,Bad,Khak,Nan (Water, Wind, Dust, Bread) Dir: Mahdi Zamanpour Kiasari| 27min.|Iran | Alle Wollen Geliebt Werden (Everybody Wants To Be Loved) Dir: Katharina Woll| 81min.|Germany | Mejsezone (In Limbo) Dir: Alexander Hant| 109min.|Russia | Sonar Bangla Dir: Shanti S.Varma| 53min.|India There Flows Padma,The Mother River (Durbar Gati Padma) Dir: Rwittik Kumar Ghatak| 22min.|India | Kapr Code Dir: Lucie Králová| 92min.|Czech Republic, Slovakia | |
20.01.23 Friday | Children Film Section | Women Filmmakers’ Section | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Elham (Inspiration) Dir: Dhruva Harsh| 90min.|India | Grethe Meyer Danmarks Porcelænsdronning (Grethe Meyer –The Queen of Danish Design) Dir: Isabel Bernadette Brammer| 61min.|Denmark Walks With Me Dir: Kati Kallio|11min.|Finland | Iskustvoto da padash (The Art Of Falling) Dir: Orlin Milchev 109min.|Russia | Nine Months to Freedom: The Story of Bangladesh Dir: S. Sukhdev’s| 71min.|India | Shoebox Dir: Faraz Ali 99min.|India | |
21.01.23 Saturday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Dounia et la princesse d’Alep (Dounia & The Princess Of Aleppo) Dir: Marya Zarif, Andre Kadi| 74min.|Canada, France Vanille Dir: Guillaume Lorin| 31min.|France, Switzerland | Los Últimos Fareros (The Last Lighthouse Keepers) Dir: Jeanette Conesa| 76min.|Spain, Mexico | Swamp Lion Dir: Torben Bech| 111min.|USA, Norway, Hungary, Denmark | Freedom Doesn’t Live On Money Dir: Evgeny Barkhanov| 44min.|Russia Birth of The Nation: Birth of Bangladesh (Janma Nilo Bangladesh) Dir: Shankar Gangooli| 12min.|India | Uy satylat (Home For Sale) Dir: Taalaibek Kulmendeev 82min.| Kyrgyzstan
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22.01.23 Sunday | Children Film Section | Cinema of the World | Cinema of the World | Wide Angle Section | Cinema of the World |
Miyan-e Sakhreh-ha (Between the Cliffs) Dir: Mokhtar Abdollahi| 79min.|Iran La Soupe de Franzy (Franzy’s Soup-Kitchen) Dir: Ana Chubinidze| 9min.|France, Georgia Kiko et les animaux (Kiko and the animals) Dir: Yawen Zheng| 8min.| France, Switzerland | Peripherique Nord Dir: Paulo Carneiro| 72min.|Switzerland, Portugal, Uruguay | Beirut Borhan Dir: Farah Alhashem| 113min.|France, Kuwait, Lebanon | Dateline Bangladesh Dir: Sheryn Brandt| 51min.|India Refuge’71 Dir: Binoy Roy, C.S. Nair| 14min.|India | Sonsuz (A Childless Village) Dir: Reza Jamali| 82min.|Iran |
21st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2023
Screening Schedule for Jury (Asian Competition)
Venue: Alliance Francaise de Dhaka
26 Mirpur Road (Corner of Road no. 3), Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
Date/Day | 09:30 A.M | 11:00 A.M. | 02:00 P.M. | 04:00 P. M. |
15.01.23 Sunday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition |
Rooze Sib (The Apple Day) Dir: Mahmoud Ghaffari| 81min.|Iran | I’ll Meet You There Dir: Iram Parveen Bilal| 91min.|Pakistan | Forbidden Womanhood Dir: Maryam Zahirimehr| 99min.|Azerbaijan, Iran | Karanlik Gece (Black Night) Dir: Özcan Alper| 115min.|Turkey | |
16.01.23 Monday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition |
Bi-Madar (Motherless) Dir: Seyyed Morteza Fatemi| 84min.|Iran | Bir Umut (A Hope) Dir: Umit Koreken| 93min.|Turkey, Germany, Slovenia | Karmalink Dir: Jake Wachtel| 102min.|Cambodia, USA | Mom, I’m alive Dir: Aziz Zairov, Mukhamed Mamyrbekov| 129min.|Kazakhstan | |
17.01.23 Tuesday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition |
Mahanagar – One Night in Kathmandu Dir: Mohan Rai| 70min.|Nepal | The Coffin Painter Dir: Dafei| 96min.|China | Klondike Dir: Maryna Er Gorbach| 100min.|Ukraine, Turkey | Barf-e Akhar (The Last Snow) Dir: Amirhossein Asgari| 121min.|Iran | |
18.01.23 Wednesday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition |
The Baseball Player Dir: Carlo Obispo| 72min.|Philippines
| The Only Reason Dir: Batzaya Gandush| 98min.|Mongolia | Nakodo-Matchmakers (Marriage Counselor) Dir: Naoki Maeda| 111min.|Japan | Bedoone Gharare Ghabli (No Prior Appointment) Dir: Behrooz Shoaibi| 115min.|Iran
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19.01.23 Thursday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition |
Gurugeethaya (Let Me Fly) Dir: Upali Gamlath| 88min.|Sri Lanka | Meros (The Legacy) Dir: Khilol Nasimov| 90min.|Uzbekistan | Podelniki (The Riot) Dir: Evgeny Grigorev| 109min.|Russia | Prappeda (Hawk’s Muffin) Dir: Krishnendu kalesh| 118min.|India | |
20.01.23 Friday | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition | Asian Competition |
Zendegi va Zendegi (Life & Life) Dir: Ali Ghavitan| 81min.|Iran | The Newspaper Dir: Sarath Kothalawala, Kumara Thirimadura| 103min.|Sri Lanka | Aparajito (The Undefeated) Dir: Anik Dutta| 136min.|India | I am not the River Jhelum Dir: Prabhash Chandra| 96min.|India | |
21.01.23 Saturday | Retrospective | Retrospective | Retrospective | Retrospective |
Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) Dir: François Truffaut| 93min.|France | Vivement Dimanche Confidentially Yours) Dir: François Truffaut| 111min.|France | Jules Et Jim Dir: François Truffaut| 105min.|France | Le Dernier Métro (The Last Metro) Dir: François Truffaut| 128min.|France
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